Right now, we need capital and entrepreneurs. Then we have to open a mine. As I always say, the real resource is the natural resource. When you have the ore, you can develop it at home.
You can't open an anode manufacturing plant if you don't have graphite. You have to mine the graphite first and then open an anode manufacturing plant. Then you have to open a cathode manufacturing plant, because we have nickel and cobalt.
You may not want to make batteries if there are no automobile manufacturers nearby. That's because batteries do not travel well, and you can't manufacture batteries far from the auto assembly plant. For example, you can't put a large quantity of batteries in a container, because they will form one huge battery that is likely to catch fire. So batteries don't travel well, and you need the assembly plant to be located very close to the auto assembly plant.